Automobile-radiator.



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C. 0. ERIKSON AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR. APPLICATION FILED DEC. I4; 4I'sIIrs.

` Patented 0Gt.10,191(5.

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4U @.62 IZ/ff @ramera v CHARLES ERI-XEON, OFIKISSIMMVEE, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO It. T. BUTLER, ARNOLD, AND W. A. GREGQEY, ALL F KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA..

Specification of Letters Patent.

AUTOMOBILE-RADIATOR.

k.Application filed December 14, 191,5. Serial No. 66.871.

To all lwhom'z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. ERIKsoN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Kissimmee, in the county of Osceola, State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Automobile-Radiators; and I do hereby declare the following tion supplied without the employment of l skilled labor and without consuming a relatively large amount of time iii-effecting such repair, or supplying such new part.

ik further object of the invention is to Aprovide a radiator of 'thecharacter'named, which, while capable of being c irated with ease and facility, will ypossess a maximum efliciencywessential',to the correct operation of devices'v of this' character.

Vi-th the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement` and oom-` bination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of referenceV denote correspondlng parts '1n the several views, and in which- Figurl is a rear view of a radiator constructed-in accordance with the' invention; Fig. 2, a"'vertical section of the radiator; Fig. 3, a section\on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, a fragment of what is shown in Fig.

" 2 on 4an enlarged scale; Fig. 5, a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4,- and Fig. 6, a perspective view of afragment of the circulating pipes.

Referring to theudrawings, the improved radiator is showlil; as comprising upper and ,l lower heads in the form of casings and 11 respectively. The upper casing 10 is pro- .vided at its ends with depending arms 12 and 13, while the lower casing 11 1s providedI at its ends with upwardly extending the chamber 22.

. arms 14 and 15.- Disposed between the ends of the arms 12 and 14 is a filler member 1G -having flanges 17 overlying the outer sides of the arms 12 and 14 respectively. Likewise there is disposed between the ,ends of 6o the arms 13 and 15 a filler member 18, having ianges 19 which overlie the outer sides of the arms 13 and 15.

The radiator illustrated is shown as comprising four similar connections between the upper andlowercasings 10 and 11, but it will be noted that the number of these fc'irculating connections between the casings can be varied, and as they are identical in struc* ture, only one of them will be described in detail, .and the reference characters employed will be applied to corresponding parts of the other connections shown. y

'A Secured within each of thearms 12 and 13 is a block 20, having a vertical opening 75 or passage 2l therein which communicates .ffiirectly with the interior of the casing 10.

Each block 20 is alsov provided at the inner end of the pa'ssage'2l with a chamber 22 and with. a transverse passage 23 intersected by 8 0 Extending through the passage 23 and through openings in the flanges-17 and 19, is a tie rod 24. This rod is tubular and has the respective ends thereof closed. Threaded on the ends of the rodd 24 are nuts 25, which when screwed home, bind the flanges 17 and 19 to the arms 12 and 13 and, of course, aii'ord a means for holding the filler members 16 and 18 in lace- The rod 24 is provided with a plurallty of 90 openings 26, certain of which communicate directly with the chambers 22 of the blocks 20. Surrounding the rod 24 is a tubular pipe 27, the ends of which are closedby 'bushings 28. It will be obvious that the e5' rod 24 and the nuts 25 serve to secure the pipe 27 in place. This pipe 27 is of a diameter'somewhat greater than the diameter of the rod 24, so that a suitable water space around the rod; 24 is provided. Also mounted in the arms 14 and 15 of the casing 11, are blocks 29, similar to the blocks;y 20. Passing through these blocks 29 and through the anges 17 and' 19, is a tubular rod 30, having its ends closed and provided with threads on which are engaged nuts 31. By this construction, it will be apparent that the rod 30 serves to secure the iian es 17 and 19 to the 'arms 14 and 15. In this way the casings 10 and 11 are suitably united. The

. rod'30'is also .,provided'with a plurality of openings 32,.,certain ofWhich communicate with respective. chambers inthe blocks 29.v

The rod .is surrounded by a pipe 33, the

ends (if which are closed by bushings 34:.

' The pipe '33 is 'of greater diameter than the larplurality ofradiating'strips 36. The casing; 10` is provided-With' a Water` inlet 37, whiletlie casing l1 isprovided with a Water outlet 38. Through the medium of this inlet and voutlet'the radiator is connected with the explosive engine' in the usual and Well known manner.. `later is. adapted to b'e sup-v plied to the radiator through a filling lopen-` ing 39. in the 'casing 1 0, which 'opening is closed by' a removable cap 40. An ornamental covering 41 may be provided around tl'1e radiato'r,.and this covering is adapted to be, held in `place by bolts 42, which are passed through the filler Amembers 16 and 18.

In operation thewater will enter. the oas-v ing 10,'iowvthrough the passages-21 intoV the .chainbers22 ofltheblocks 20, thence?V through certaine-of the openings 26 into the interior ofthe rod 24, and then pass through the other o'penii'igs 26 of the rod 24 into the space betuzeen saldrod and the pipe 27, then throughxiflie' pipesl 35 into the space between the rod 'and the pipe 33, then through certain of the openings 32 inthe rml=\.30 into the interior of said' rod, then out through certain of the openings 32 into the chennbers of the blocks 29, then into `the casmgll, and

f then to the engine to -ber cooled.

casing heads, havinginwardly directed arms 'outer ends of said rods and bearing against the related casing,a pipe surroundingeach -rod and of greater diameter thanrthe rod,

bushings closing' the -ends of said pipes and bearing against the -inner sides of the arms of the related casing, and aplurality of pipes connecting the interiors of the pipes which surround respective rods. i v f 2. A radiator comprising upper and lower casing heads having inwardly. directed arms at their ends respectively,blocks' provided fivith chamber'smounted in respective arms of the casing andhaving chambers therein communicating with the interior of the related casing, tubular rods engaged'through the arms and blocks of respective casings and provided witha plurality' of openingsy certainv of which communicate with the chambers of respective blocks, said rods having their'outer ends closed, nuts threaded on the youter ends of said rods and bearing against the y.related casing, a pipefsurrounding each rodfand of greater vdia-meter than the rod,'bushings closing the ends Iof said pipes and bearing against the inner sides vof the arms ofthe rela-ted casing, and

"a pluralityvof pipes connecting the interiors of the pipes which surroundl respective rods. y In testimony `whereof, I affix my signature` in the presence of Atwo Witnesses.`

CHARLES o. vEni'Ksou.l

lVitnesses: I f

G. I. GAlucE'rr,

B. E.-E\z\1\'s. 

